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Fly Fishing Reports => Local Trip Reports => Topic started by: flatlander on May 30, 2014, 18:23:42 PM

Title: Skipping school...
Post by: flatlander on May 30, 2014, 18:23:42 PM
One of my twin boys, John, has been battling a bit of the stomach bug lately.  Yesterday, he went nuclear in his drawers and the teachers sent him home.  School rules say you don't come back for 24 hours so John had to stay home while his brother and sister went to school today.  John wasn't too happy about being left behind, so I asked him if he wanted to go fishing.  He said yes. 


So we packed up the truck...

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and headed up the hill to the club water...

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I decided to wet wade.  John (2 1/2) opted for a swim diaper...

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We walked down to the bridge pool to punish the stockers...

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We stopped to look at the old Chevy in the barn...

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John peered over the bridge for fish...

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He quickly got into his first fish, but it came unbuttoned...

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Crushed over the loss of his first fish, he had to regroup on the bank...

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He quickly got over it and was back in the game before long...

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We caught about a dozen or so under the bridge, but John didn't have much interest in handling one of them...

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After a while we got tired of catching stockers, so we turned over some rocks to look at bugs...

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Then we headed back to the truck...

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Mission accomplished...

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Not bad for a first fishing trip.
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: Michael Toris on May 30, 2014, 18:27:08 PM
Right on Malcolm.  Getting the boy on the water is always the right choice.
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: Dougfish on May 30, 2014, 18:34:03 PM
Now that's just friggin priceless, Malcolm. Thank you!  bd;0
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: Transylwader on May 30, 2014, 18:35:38 PM
Solid. Mad props mate!
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: benben reincarnated on May 30, 2014, 19:12:07 PM
That's awesome Malcolm. 

His first fly rod and reel combo is nice enough to make me jealous. 
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: flatlander on May 30, 2014, 19:17:15 PM
Ben,
He'll have to wait for me to kick off first.  I'm partial to the TMF.
Title: Skipping school...
Post by: Woolly Bugger on May 30, 2014, 19:55:40 PM
Cool tr with the little man

When my kids were in grade school I told them that they could skip school any day and we would go fishing! They both took me up on the offer several times 
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: Big J on May 30, 2014, 20:50:38 PM
Good stuff Malcolm
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: Beetle on May 30, 2014, 21:11:05 PM
So he didn't go nuclear on the trout?!  Good stuff!
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: DRIFTS on May 31, 2014, 05:15:07 AM
Really nice! Can be hard when they are that young, but it's worth it 'c; Going to take my Middle Man float'n today
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: sanjuanwormhatch on May 31, 2014, 05:37:50 AM
Kids are grand.  Good on you.
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: raz on May 31, 2014, 06:35:33 AM
that was pure class!  i cry too when i lose fish.  ask tranny. 
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: Michael Toris on May 31, 2014, 09:19:36 AM
Little glass rod would be a good kid rod. Easy to load and hard to break
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: flatlander on May 31, 2014, 09:53:50 AM
TF...yeah, he's not ready for casting yet.  I just let him play the fish.  I think getting them out and letting them explore is probably all they're ready for just now.

Beetle...we left a present for Josh in the trash can on the porch.  Should smell good by next week.
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: itieuglyflies on May 31, 2014, 16:56:28 PM
A trip to remember for sure.....one of my favorite posts
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: T5Video on May 31, 2014, 21:27:43 PM
Very good, I allowed my kids many times to skip school to fish with me. Worth every second.
Title: Re: Skipping school...
Post by: Rod Champion on June 03, 2014, 11:12:41 AM
Excellent.. Excellent .. Excellent!